LOT 3564
Ottoman Polyhedral Bronze Weight of 50 Dirhams. Circa 18th-19th century AD.
Polyhedral bronze weight with blank faces. Pondera Online 11388. Condition as seen.(153gr, 28mm.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Byzantine Monogrammatic PB Seal in the name of Sisinnios, Eparchos. Circa AD 600-650.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Monogram of CICINNIOY within wreath / Block monogram of ΕΠΑΡΧω(sic). Translation: (Seal of) Sisinnios, Eparchos. Cf. Schulten Frühjahr 1990, 1106. 8.06gr, 16mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic Bronze Weight of 2 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Bronze weight in the shape of a frog upon cylinder, standing of flat round base. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 121 (bird; 4 Shekels). 14.17gr, 24mm x 14mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Babylonian Sphendonoid Hematite Weight of 5 Shekels. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Grain-shaped weight stone with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, p.137, 9. 45.53gr, 41mm x 22mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
